Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-02-03
THE EXAMINATION.
The Hearing Of the Case Against Louis
Steene, William McClOsky, Samuel
WOOley and James Haley.
All Four Arraigned Upon Complaints
Charging Them With the Murder
Of Homer Jay Stone.
All Plead Not Guilty-Dr. Halls Testi-
mony and the Story of william II.
Reeves, the Principal Witness.

completes, VIM. V. McCloskey, Samuel
b. Wooley and James Haley, charged
with the murder OF Homer J. Stone.
The prisoners were brought in from
the Pen. hand-cuffed together, and were
given seats near the door.
sTEENE, THE MURDERER,
Is mere boy, but eighteen years OF age.
He has tow hair, green eyes and small
features, the most noticeable character
istic of the face being an unusually large
upper lip and a markedly receding chin.
There is nothing strikingly coarse about
the man, and he looks anything but
dangerous; in fact, he might readily be
taken for tame Sunday school boy.
McCloskey, Wooley and Haley are all
about thirty years Of age, all wear nous
taches and are OF medium height and
well made.
The four defendants were arraigned
upon complaints charging them with the
murder of Homer j. Stone on the Dist
day of January of the present year.
Wooley, McCloskey and Haley each an
swered mot guilty" in turn, and when it
came to Steene he shook his head and
tears came into his eyes.
AS Steene had no counsel, Judge
Sutherland kindly consented to represent
him and retired with him to talk the case
over. The other three were represented
by Judge Emerson and David Swans,
Esq.
DIR. LoRIN HALL
Was the first witness called. He said |
knew Homer j. Stone in his lifetime |
saw his dead body at Sleeves undertake
ing establishment in this city on January
25th; made post-mortem examination
OF the body. The Doctor then explained
the nature OF the wound and stated that
it was necessarily fatal, and would neces-
sarily cause almost instant death Ex-
cused
WILLIAM II. REEVES
Was next called, and said: [ am a
freighter, % years of age; | knew Homer
j. Stone in his lifetime; knew Louis
Steene by sight; l saw him in Alfred
Smiths saloon on the evening of January
21st; Haley and Smith were there; Stone
went in with me, and Steene came in
shortly afterward when Steene came in
he said something to Stone about set
tlement; Stone said this was no place for
settlement, but Steene said he would
have one, and pulled off his coat Stone
drew his pistol and told the boys to
keep that fellow away; Steene then
went out, and Stone and | then went
down to my tent, about thirty yards
from the tent; James VIM and Mr..
McCloskey were there; | did not see
Haley after l lett the saloon and before
the shooting; Paul Meyers came to the
tent when we were there but he had no
conversation with Stone; | saw person
W | IN ha
from the saloon to the tent; after staying
at the tent about twenty minutes we left
to go to MIR. Blanks. Mr.. Fields came to
the tent just as we were leaving and said
that Mr.. Young wanted to see me; ex-
cused myself to Stone and he started out
to the left of us; when he had gone q
short distance called to him to come
and take cigar with me; he said he
would and he came with me;
as we passed Mr.. Guards tent Guard |
called out and asked Stone ii he was 60
ing up to the circus; Stone answered !
No" just then | saw man pass by .
the light AT Guards tent; we had passed .
On a few steps, when heard the shot !
tired; Stone turned and said
GONE ON BOYS, IN SHOT"
He then fell on his face, and | rushed to
my tent to get my gun; when | got back
Stone was still alive; just as the shot was
ired | saw man standing a few feet
rom him, he stood still for a moment,
hen took few steps to the right stopped
lgain and then ram thought it was
5teene; did not see. Steene again until
liter he was arrested; | had then been
ieputized by the constable to act as an
,tticer; L heard him make statement at
he depot the evening he was caught;
here was large crowd OF men there,
md no one gave him any inducement to
peak Steene said: 81 might as well
ell you first as last that
IN THE MAN WHO KILLED STONE"
He then went on to tell how he had
walked all that night and the next day,
md then came back. He went to the
ent, and as the door was locked, he
rawled under the canvas and found Nc
Closkey there dead drunk he laid the
'lstol on the foot OF the bed and told
IcCloskey to give it to Wooley, saying
hat he was going to give himself up; Nc
jloskey told him to give up to him, and
lie tried to take Steene to the constable's,
'ut he broke away and walked up to the
onstabe's. Steene also said at first
hat he didn't want to implcate any one
Use, but afterwards he said: There are
ther parties who told me that they
'ould kill Stone ii they were me. |
'ent to Mr.. Wooley and asked him to let |
lie take his pistol, as | wanted to make
tone pay" Wooley let him take his
istol.
To defense: When Stone came out of
ne saloon, he took his pistol out of his
Up pocket, and put it in his coat pocket
nd said: "If that fellows going to
hoot me, he'll have to shoot when Pm
OF looking" Excused.
Several other witnesses gave testimony
a great part corroborative, with no :
artling developments, and late this
iternoon
LOUIS T. sTEENE
ias called as witness against the J
he other defendants. He said: y
i'll be 10 years old on the 2lst 8
the present month | went to r.
Iooley's house on the evening OF the
LIST and called him out. asked him ior !,
lie pistol and told him what | wanted it q
r.. lie told me where it was, and Ii
i'd Make use Of ii, Steene, and give q
to the son of a b-h good" McCloskey q
id that il he had the money ~
ming to him he'd take II club =
ID beat his brains ont or
i'm him up. Haley said nothing hi.
city about this matter when | went .;
ok that night. / went to Me. VI
osky's tent that night. found
@ door locked and tore the
nvas and prawlad in thrnnuI tbn hi.